Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-11-03
KANsAS STATE NEWS-

Hargland and M1egler whisky cases in the
United States Supreme Court. These cases
are taken TO the Supreme Court to test the
constitutionaliiy Of the orDhibitory liquor
law.
THE force at the Santa Fe shops in To-
peka has recently been materially reduced,
over sou men being laid OF. This was owing
TO the falling of OF work
A sTATIsrIcrAN has figured out that it
Will require 5000 men lis years to bring to
the surface the coai that is hidden under
the ground at Leavenworth.
UNDER q recent order Topeka street car
irivers must stand up while on duty under
pain of being sat down on' by the super
intendent.
THERE are now forty-one children in the
orphan asylum at Atchison, where they
will remain until they are fifteen years
old, unless adopted into some acceptable
family.
+. WILLIAM CAMPBELL and Robert Bacon, OF
kinsley, who were bitten by mad dog and
went to Kansas City to test the virtues OF
the maidstone, returned home happy in the
belief that their pilgrimage was success
full
A DAPPFP dandy, wearing a splendidly-
fitting SUIT Of gray clothes, silk hat and
patent leather shoes put up at a Topeka
hotel recently and registering inquired il
there was any mail for him. He was
which name he had registered. He opened
it and took out post-office order for sixty
dollars, which he asked one of the pro-
prietors to cash for him, which was done.
He left early next morning and when the
order was taken to the post off e it proved
to have been raised from six to sixty dol
lars, but the swindler had left for a new
field.
DURING the absence of Captain Carr, of
the United Sta es army, and his WIFE his
residence at Leavenworth was recently
robbed by negro boy only fourteen years
of age. and every thing that could be car
ried off taken. The goods stolen amounted
10 more than 500. The name of the youth
full thief is Robert Shaw, who escaped from
the county Jail not long since while under
Il SIX months sentence for larceny. The
boys sister had been employed at the Cap
tain's residence. and by visiting there he
learned something Of the location of valua-
bles. He was arrested and most of the ar
ticles recovered.
PENSIONS recently granted Kansas vet
Grams: Original, William r. Watson, Os-
borne; Milo H. Riley, deceased, Chetopa;
james NJ. Arthurs, Meade Center. In
Design, Custer; Abram Smith, Vermlllion;
Allen Pierce, Lawrence. Reissue, John
David Berger, Wathena Dependents Au-
reiet W., widow of James L. Potter, lola;
Zepha D.. widow of Milo II. Riley, Chetopa.
THE other morning DR.. J. A. Hopkins. a
well known physician, of Parkerville, Nor
riS County, was shot and instantly killed
by II. S. Day, a prominent real estate
dealer and mayor OF Parkerville. Two
shots were fired, the first penetrating the
forehead, and the second shot passing
through the cheek. a feud had existed be-
tween the parties for some time, CROWN g
out of the separation of Hopkins from his
wife, who is niece of Days.
r. r. GOULD, employed in the Lawrence
paper mill, was recently caug2t in the ma
chinery and killed.
TOPEKA business men are booming q
sugar mandatory scheme.
PATENTS recently issued to Kansas in
ventors: Washing machine, Frank E.
Oilar. of Melvern; anodyne, Samuel w.
Kincaid, of Delphos; stalk cutter, Lewis
Reed, of Burrton; sulky cultivator, Will
liam a. Rice, of Randolph; door check,
Samuel J. Vance, of Norton.
TIE street car drivers of the Topeka
City Railway Company recently threatened
to strike because of the order forbicding
them to use seats while driving.
Observation-Disclosures HoRNER, of the
Kansas silk station, who was recently re.
moved on account of insubordination by the
silk commissioners, publicly charges them
with appropriating to their private use the
So so paid them by the people of Peabody
as consideration for having the silk station
located in that city. Commissioner Morse
SAYS the sum of s., 500 which Horner ac-
cuses the commissioners of appropriating
to their own use was raised by the citizens
of Peabody, and was invested by them in
the ten acres of land which was donated
for the uses of the commission as Il consid-
Grafton of locating the station in that city.
ORvILLE R. WARD, aged twenty-six
wears, committed iuicide The other day at
his father-in-law's, near Newton, by shoot
ing himself in the head. He had separated
from his wife after a few mouths of mar
rfed life, and her refusal TO again live with
him was supposed 10 have prompted him 10
the deed.
AT the recent meeting of the State Asso-
citation of the Congregational Church at
Wichita, resolutions were passed favoring
a strict and impartial enforcement of the
Prohibition law as now in existence In the
State The State Educational Society was
dissolved. Provisions for the establish
ment of an institution for the training of
Christian workers were made and the Same
placed under the general control of the as
sociation of the churches. Rev. Joseph
Harper was elected register and statistical
clerk, j. 6. Dougherty, treasurer, ana A.
d. McMay, auditor.
PENSIONS granted TO Kansas veterans on
October %: Hadassah, widow of David Slit
Ter, of Burlington; Isaac Lewis. Of Rufian;
d. Smart (deceasedJ, of Dragon; Joseph
ID. Thorne, OF Harper; Ambrose w. Kelly,
of Moline; George w Jones, Jr., OF Bur-
lington; Joshua EvIliser, OF Eureka; Enoch
Noble. of Winfield: Francis NJ. Kneeland,
of Troy; John W. F. Hudson, of Council
Grove: Smith Cullough, of Colony; WI
liam Mcclellan. OF Hutchinson, and Berlin
S. Johnson, Of COTS.
The new water works at Oswegowcre re-
Gently tested and proved satisfactory
banquet celebrated the event.
TIE General Association Of Ccngrega-
tional Churches will hold the next annual
meeting at Wyandotte
GEORGE B. Cox, a military prisoner at
Fort Leavenworth, died suddenly the
n.hn.. orronir,n from internal Injuries re-